He wass an integral part of my childhood, like many of the other great actors of that era who are now gone. Maybe that’s why his last video message, published on his personal YouTube page on Christmas 2013, is so heartbreaking.

Artist Blake Little must know a lot of bees. He has put together this exhibition in which he has drenched dogs, naked men and women, in honey from head to toe and photographed them. It's well worth a look. Don't tell the Honey Monster, though. (NSFW) See more >

Behold the first glimpse of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's crazy space venture: the largest plane in history, a 117-metre-wingspan beast designed to carry and launch giant rockets to space, with a combined weight of 540,000kg! Yes, this is actually happening. See more >

Weapons training officer Lieutenant Chris Nigus sent us a series of spectacular photos taken while flying on missions during his deployment in Japan. Above you can see him flying low level in the Orange Route; some show weapons firing from his F/A-18E Super Hornet. See more >

An artist has updated a classic chart of the world's rockets that was originally published in 1995, to add newer craft like Elon Musk's SpaceX Falcon. This is just a wee snippet of the full thing, so make sure to check out the bigger picture. See more >